Multi‐purpose trips and central place theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8383408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J J H Forster (a Lecturer in Geography , University of the South Pacific, Suva , Fiji), Jill Forster (University of the South Pacific, corresponding author), Arden Craig Brummell |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 120-127 |
| Publication date | 1984-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Geographer (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9182 • E-ISSN: 1465-3311 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00049188408702863 |
| OpenAlex | W2041874177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Central place models assume that consumers only purchase one good of a given order during a single shopping trip. This assumption is relaxed in this paper to allow the purchase of several orders of goods on any given trip. The implications of this for Central Place Theory are then analysed. With relatively simple analytic tools and numerical examples it is demonstrated that the impacts are considerable. Consumer spatial behaviour becomes more complex and realistic and producers are provided with a clear economic rationale for agglomerating with other producers, of both the same and other orders of commodities. Such agglomeration allows a more natural explanation of the formation of central places, more realistic forms of central places, as well as creating spatial variations in the price of a given commodity. With spatial price variations, the regular hexagonal market areas may be relaxed to assume more realistic and irregular shapes
Commodity · Economic geography · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Location theory · Market economy · Mathematical economics · Microeconomics · Order (exchange · Simple (philosophy · TRIPS architecture · Computer Science · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1995 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |